Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-01-25
FAIR LADIES' BEAUTY ENHANCED.
A Novel Profession That Is Due -
woman's Devotion TO Good Looks
TChicaro Herald

Chicago Herald
The Doctor Is not general practitioner.
She devotes herself wholly TO removing su-
perfuous hair from the faces of the sex TO
which a bearlsi face is a blemish. not an
attraction, save when arrayei on the freak
platform Of a museum When The Herald
scribe rang the bell the other day a soft and
womanly voice bade him enter. and with
much trepidatiDn the reporter entered tie
shrine The doctors assistant was the only
occupant
"Do we find many pstrons'" she said. with
a pleasant laugh, echolng the reporters first
query. Yes indeed. You have no idss
how much 1t hurts wOman's sensitive na-
ture TO have a few con'picuous hairs on her
face In her anxiety to get rid OF them she
will try all sorts Of lotions and washes, none
of which does any permanent good, and fire.
quently. instead OF esSening the growth,
makes it worse. Depilatory plasterS are
more generally used than any one would
imagine, but they never give anJ relief.
Since We came here We have had all the pa
tients we could take care Of"
What Is your treatmentT asked the in
vestigator.
Just this little needle. was the answer,
holding up a fine cambria needle fastened
IN a llLLle DlACk hu eItI-
tric battery. We have to take esch hair
separ ately, insert the needle in as far as the
root aud the electricity kills it forever.
Generally We remove about l5O hairs at q
sitting, and it takes half or three-quarters
OF an hour"
Does it hurtf naturally followed her eI
PLANTATION.
Not in the least" Then. with a glance
favv hai scrihsa ua fpnHlV
caressing, she added: let me show you on
your mus"
NO, no; excuse me" interrupted the vic
tim with more ha Sts than politensss as she
toyed with the instrument of torture and
looked longngly at the fertile field for her
occupation; Il should prefer to have OH de-
scribe the sensation
Its just little bit Of sting, and after
the first few applications it's rather pleasant
than otherwise. The coSti That depen is on
the growth that has to be removed. Some
ladies have occasionally pail $40 or SO,
and have been glad 10 have the blemIsh re-
moved even at that price In q number Of
cases it has cost from $40 TO $22, but gen
orally $5 or SO cOgerS the expenses Ladies'
are intensely sen ,itive in regard to such =
defect Nine out of ten of them wear wells
when they coma and go, and two Of them
wouldn't sit in the same room for worlds.
Even two friends similarly afflicted will
never discus, the subject 1t is utterly Ia.
boosd.n
1t is less thsa ten years since this syste IN
of removing an abnormal growth of hair
was discovered and z wen the name Of ectTo-
lysis. Every reputable physician knows
that the plan works successfully, but it Is
too slow and sxacting to suit impatient mas
culinity while woman seems naturally
adapted to it Besides, woman has a DETER
touch and a patient that makes her, as a
rule, an incomparably better operator.
Pulling the hair out usei to be frequently
reSortsi to by the ladies, but q few applica-
tions OF this heroic style of treatment
showed them that it was useless waste OF
energy. The hair grew out Immediately.
Occasionally some one would try to inject
some sort of an acid solution into the hair
sacs, but tha. left bad blotches and scars,
and the gentler sex had Just about give ur
in despair when electricity came 70 their
aid.
Cases are recorded whore as many as
5000 hairs have been removed from ons
woman's face and from 900 70 2, ,0oO Is BY
no means an unusual number